Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP)

RSoP uses the attribute value of msDS-PasswordSettingsPrecedence, which is associated with each password policy, to decide the winning policy. A precedence value is an integer value an administrator can define. A lower precedence value means higher priority. If multiple password policies are applied to the same object, the password policy with the lower precedence value wins.

The following list further explains how password policies work in an infrastructure:

• There are two ways to link an object to a password policy. The first method is via a directly linked policy. The second method is via group membership. If the policy targets a security group, its members will automatically link to the password policy. However, if a fine-grained password policy is linked to an object, it will be the winning policy.
• If there's no directly linked policy, the object will consider the lowest policy precedence. These policies are inherited from...